A Proposal to Study Small Angle Proton-Deuteron Scattering

We propose an extension of the present p-p small angle scattering experiment to a measurement of p-d scattering using a deuterium gas jet. In 400 hours of beam time we will measure as a function of energy; (a) the slope of the small angle p-d scattering; (b) the real part of the forward p-d scattering; (c) the total p-d cross section; and (d) the coherent diffraction dissociation of protons on deuterons. No new apparatus is required or need be installed for the performance of this experiment